Agape Homeless Restoration Center will be hosting our first Benefit Gala to raise money for our first facility. The benefit will be held August 22nd, 2015. For more information please contact DeLancy at 224-336-0350 or email me at delancymadkins@ agapehrc.org.

Every year, in February, we wait to see if Punxsutawney Phil, the world’s most famous groundhog, will predict six more weeks of winter. Huge crowds have waited for Phil’s prediction each year since 1886. For Phil, seeing his shadow predicts six more weeks of winter-like weather. More often than not, he sees his shadow and goes back inside.

February is the month when we celebrate love and friendship. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has also declared February as American Heart Month to bring awareness to the leading cause of death for both women and men in the United States: heart disease.

The Resident Association is excited to host a special Black History Month Edition of So Fresh Saturdays! So Fresh Saturdays was developed to educate, empower and provide a “safe space” for youth and residents the Englewood community and citywide.

No, I was (and am) being quite sincere in erring on the side of caution to make sure that I was understanding Yolando O's post. Hence my heartfelt apology in advance, if I got it wrong. Sometimes you're sure you're right about something and it turns out not to be...

No, I was (and am) being quite sincere in erring on the side of caution to make sure that I was understanding Yolando O's post. Hence my heartfelt apology in advance, if I got it wrong. Sometimes you're sure you're right about something and it turns out not to be the case. I was fairly certain it was just a typo (and we all make 'em!!) but just in case I was wrong (which has happened on occasion), I wanted to avoid offending her. I hope that she realizes that, if not in my last post, then by what I have added here.

When male cats become mature they spray a territorial scent.Indoors this can be unpleasant but once that cat is neuteredthe spraying will cease to exist or very soon after.Please do not abandon your cat for this easily fixed issue.Please do not dump the cat at these KILL SHELTERS:Chicago Animal Care and Control, Anti Cruelty Society,Animal Welfare League, both locations.

When male cats become mature they spray a territorial scent.Indoors this can be unpleasant but once that cat is neuteredthe spraying will cease to exist or very soon after.Please do not abandon your cat for this easily fixed issue.Please do not dump the cat at these KILL SHELTERS:Chicago Animal Care and Control, Anti Cruelty Society,Animal Welfare League, both locations.

PAWS Lurie Clinic , Little Village offers FREE Spay and Neuterfor cats from all South Side zip codes.PLEASE take this humane action and have your pet spayed /neutered.The package also includes all vaccinations and tag, virus protection, de-flea and microchip identification .Free transportation for your pet to and from clinicis available when volunteers are on duty.

According to Glen Fulton, president of the nonprofit Greater Englewood Community Development Corporation, Brian Sleet, chief of staff to Ald. Roderick Sawyer (6th), called him today and told him he needs to "be careful."

Fulton said Sleet was referring to him supporting 6th Ward aldermanic candidate Richard Wooten over Sawyer and indicated that if Sawyer is re-elected Fulton's organization should not expect any support from Sawyer.

An open letter to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel from the Englewood Railway Coalition regarding Norfolk Southern Corp.’s (NSC) attempted hostile takeover of Black-owned homes in Englewood. NSC, a $34.5 billion Virginia-based corporation, is trying to expand a massive freight yard in our neighborhood. The project, which amounts to a land grab of some 84 acres, would destroy the homes, history and traditions of this long-established African-American community.

With the passing of Ald. Thompson in ward 16, a Latino rookie in ward 15 and either a rookie crazy woman beater or rookie clueless Father Pfleger puppet in ward 17, the wards of Englewood have a bleak future ahead of them.....

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